How to Enable Redboot

This guide will show you how to enable Redboot once you have gained SSH access. 

For SSH access, I recommending using PuTTY (free).  

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1.

Connect to the Fonera wirelessly, then use an SSH client to connect to 192.168.10.1.  If everything was successful, you will be prompted with a login screen.  The default username is "root" and the password is "admin".  Once connected, you will see:

2.

Issue the following commands:

• cd /tmp
• wget http://fonera.info/camicia/openwrt-ar531x-2.4-vmlinux-CAMICIA.lzma
• mtd -e vmlinux.bin.l7 write openwrt-ar531x-2.4-vmlinux-CAMICIA.lzma vmlinux.bin.l7
• reboot

3.

Once the Fonera is finished rebooting, connect back to it.  Start another SSH session and issue the following commands:

• cd /tmp
• wget http://fonera.info/camicia/out.hex
• mtd -e "RedBoot config" write out.hex "RedBoot config"
• reboot

IMPORTANT: Your Fonera will no longer boot past Redboot after this point.  You will not be able to connet wirelessly from this point.  You will need to use a wired connection from this point on.

Redboot is now enabled.  You will only be able to access Redboot until you flash the firmware. 

Click "Next" to see how to access Redboot. 

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